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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 1995Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT for Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Washita County, OK

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours before
FPUS3 KOKC 032023
AFDOKC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

UPR LOW REMAINS OVR NERN UT WITH SVRL SHTWVS ROTATING TWD FA. ONE WV
MOVG NEWD THRU NM WITH ANOTHER ONECOMING INTO WRN AZ. SFC BNDRY ACRS
SCNTL OK WHICH WL LKLY FOCUS CNVCTV DVLPMNT. ANOTHER FEATURE OF INTEREST
IS CNVTV-INDUCED VORT MAX BTWN CDS AND LTS WHICH IS BARELY CRAWLING EWD
ALG BDNRY. EXPCT MAIN PCPN AREA OF INITIATE IN TX PNHDL AND MV INTO WRN
ZNS THIS EVENG. ALSO PSBL THAT CNVTN WL FORM E OF CNVTV VORT IN SCNTRL
ZNS...BUT THIS AREA HAS STGR CAP AND WONT GET AS MUCH SFC HEATING AS
FURTHER W. WL ISSUE FFA FOR MOST OF WRN OK...BUT AREA MAY NEED TO BE
EXTNDD FURTHER E IF CNVTN REMAINS ORGANIZED INTO CNTRL ZNS OR IF LCL
COOLING ALF WITH CNVCTV VORT MAX IS SUFFICIENT TO BREAK CAP. PDS OF TRW
EXPCTD THRU SHORT TERM WITH CHANCES TAPERING OFF IN THE EXTDD PD. ..04..

GAG 60/81/61/82 8464    PNC 65/82/65/82 4354    HBR 68/85/65/85 7464
SPS 69/88/68/89 6344    OKC 65/82/65/82 4354    DUA 70/86/70/84 3344

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT WRN OK ZNS 4>6..9>11..14>17..21>23..
       33>38..44.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041130-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE
MODERATE RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA CITY... TO
DUNCAN...TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
THROUGH TONIGHT. DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE...
PRIMARILY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COMBINED WITH AN
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL PROVIDE
AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN DURING THE DAY
IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS STRENGTHENING OF THE
WIND PROFILE MAY SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. IF SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS FORM...THEY LIKELY WILL CONTAIN VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY AND WILL
PROBABLY RESULT IN AN EXPANDED AREA OF FLOODING PROBLEMS.

THE MOST LIKELY AREA OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG ANY OF SEVERAL
BOUNDARIES ALREADY IN PLACE.  THE DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FAR
WESTERN TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON.  ANOTHER BOUNDARY...REINFORCED THIS
MORNING BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW...WILL EXTEND ALONG THE RED RIVER WEST
TO THE DRY LINE.  THE INTERSECTION OF THESE BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE MOST
FAVORED LOCATION FOR NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT.  THE STORMS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE MODERATE RISK AREA BY THIS
EVENING.  MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THROUGH TONIGHT.

RS
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041130-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE
MODERATE RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA CITY... TO
DUNCAN...TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
THROUGH TONIGHT. DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE...
PRIMARILY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COMBINED WITH AN
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL PROVIDE
AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN DURING THE DAY
IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS STRENGTHENING OF THE
WIND PROFILE MAY SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. IF SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS FORM...THEY LIKELY WILL CONTAIN VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY AND WILL
PROBABLY RESULT IN AN EXPANDED AREA OF FLOODING PROBLEMS.

THE MOST LIKELY AREA OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG ANY OF SEVERAL
BOUNDARIES ALREADY IN PLACE.  THE DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FAR
WESTERN TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON.  ANOTHER BOUNDARY...REINFORCED THIS
MORNING BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW...WILL EXTEND ALONG THE RED RIVER WEST
TO THE DRY LINE.  THE INTERSECTION OF THESE BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE MOST
FAVORED LOCATION FOR NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT.  THE STORMS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE MODERATE RISK AREA BY THIS
EVENING.  MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THROUGH TONIGHT.

RS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPushmataha2 hr
Jun 2, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Choctaw, Pushmataha46 min
Jun 2, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan38 min
Jun 2, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills40 min
Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham45 min
Jun 3, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills45 min
Jun 3, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita52 min
Jun 3, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods48 min
Jun 3, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey48 min
Jun 3, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita60 min
Jun 3, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer66 min
Jun 3, 2:12 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham48 min
Jun 3, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita63 min
Jun 3, 3:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWashita118 min
Jun 3, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Washita60 min
Jun 3, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian57 min
Jun 3, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills50 min
Jun 3, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Major45 min
Jun 3, 9:17 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham43 min
Jun 3, 9:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham3 hr
Jun 3, 11:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNRoger Mills3 hr
Jun 3, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham3 hr
Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo40 min
Jun 3, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon48 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.